Skip to main content
Wellcome Collection homepage
  • Visit us
  • What’s on
  • Stories
  • Collections
  • Get involved
  • About us
Sign in to your library account
Search for anything
Library account

Theological virtues

Character qualities associated with salvation, resulting from the grace of God

Wikidata
Source:
Wikidata

On this page

  • Images from the collections
  • Works from the collections

Images from the collections

Images referencing Theological virtues

7 images from works
  • The three theological virtues: Faith enthroned in the middle; Charity on the left, and Hope on the right. Aquatint.
  • The three theological virtues (Hope, Faith and Charity) are standing near an altar above which the Holy Spirit is hovering, while the the four cardinal virtues (Temperance, Justice, Fortitude and Wisdom) are sitting in the foreground. Engraving.
  • A woman personifying faith, by the sea, holding a cross and a chalice. Coloured mezzotint, 17--.
  • A woman personifying faith, by the sea, holding a cross and a chalice. Coloured mezzotint, 17--.
  • The arrival of a purple griffin, representing Cardinal Franciotti, is greeted in Lucca by virtues, a river god accompanied by naiads, and genii. Etching after P. Testa.
  • The contrite heart is tormented by Grief and Fear, but secured by Faith and Hope, while Love wounds it with one hand and soothes it with another; above, the Tetragrammaton, and below, the portrait of John Hayward in a roundel. Engraving by T. Cecill, 1636, after W. Hole.
  • A woman personifying faith, by the sea, holding a cross and a chalice. Coloured mezzotint, 17--.

Works from the collections

5 works

    • Pictures
    • Online

    The contrite heart is tormented by Grief and Fear, but secured by Faith and Hope, while Love wounds it with one hand and soothes it with another; above, the Tetragrammaton, and below, the portrait of John Hayward in a roundel. Engraving by T. Cecill, 1636, after W. Hole.

    William Hole | Date: 1636 | Reference: 567558i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    The three theological virtues: Faith enthroned in the middle; Charity on the left, and Hope on the right. Aquatint.

    | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 29512i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    The arrival of a purple griffin, representing Cardinal Franciotti, is greeted in Lucca by virtues, a river god accompanied by naiads, and genii. Etching after P. Testa.

    Pietro Testa | Date: 1600-1699 | Reference: 33531i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    The three theological virtues (Hope, Faith and Charity) are standing near an altar above which the Holy Spirit is hovering, while the the four cardinal virtues (Temperance, Justice, Fortitude and Wisdom) are sitting in the foreground. Engraving.

    | Reference: 38961i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A woman personifying faith, by the sea, holding a cross and a chalice. Coloured mezzotint, 17--.

    | Date: 1700-1799 | Reference: 563109i

Wellcome Collection

183 Euston Road
London NW1 2BE

+44 (0)20 7611 2222
info@wellcomecollection.org

  • Getting here

Today’s opening times

  • Galleries
    10:00 – 18:00
  • Library
    10:00 – 18:00
  • Café
    10:00 – 18:00
  • Shop
    10:00 – 18:00

Opening times

Our building has:

  • Step free access
  • Hearing loops

Access information

  • Visit us
  • What’s on
  • Stories
  • Collections
  • Get involved
  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Jobs
  • Media office
  • Developers
  • Privacy and terms
  • Cookie policy
  • Manage cookies
  • Modern slavery statement
TikTok
Facebook
Instagram
YouTube

Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence